

The Predator may cost less by the time that Rem action is trued and blue-printed.”Ģ7″ Krieger fluted stainless steel cut-rifle barrel in #19 hunter contour with 1:9 twist. Jerry Stiller says: “If you are going out to buy a Remington donor rifle, STOP, give us a call. It has 0.004″ clearance, which is much less than a Remington, but a little more than BR actions. The bolt is a little looser than benchrest actions to avoid problems with grit and particles. The port has been opened a little for the same reasons. The magazine-fed actions use a 0.15″ extended cutout to allow for longer cartridges and H-S Precision or Wyatt boxes.
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The top is full round and uses two front bases rather then the stepped down one on the rear of a Remington. The Predator action is a drop-in replacement for the Remington 700, so it can fit in any stock the Remington 700 can. They are a primary supplier for many OEM manufacturers including Les Baer, Gunwerks, and the U.S. Stiller Precision Firearms manufactures custom bolt action recievers using the latest CNC technology. 300” tapered recoil lug) with Stiller 30 MOA forward cant 1913 picatinny rail, fluted bolt, and oversized tactical-style bolt knob. Stiller Predator Long Action Stainless (.534” bolt face. I selected Clayton Smith with West Texas Ordnance as my gunsmith, and here are the specs of what we ended up building: Part *All BCs are from Applied Ballistics for Long-Range Shooting by Brian Litz (2nd Edition) Here are a few specific bullets I thought might work: Bullet 7.62mm for the 30 caliber) seems to naturally lead to more aerodynamic bullet design. The thinner diameter of the bullets (7.0mm vs. There are a ton of great, high BC bullets offered in 7mm that were closer to the optimal bullet weight for the game I had in mind. All of that adds up to a lot more recoil, and I didn’t want to develop a flinch. To get a high BC bullet in 30 caliber you need to go up to a 200gr bullet … which is way heavier than I needed for hunting, and you have to put a lot of gun powder behind that to get the same ballistics you can with a 7mm. With that mindset, I actually started by looking at the 300 Win Mag, and after pouring over ballistic tables I started thinking about a 7mm STW or even a 300 Win Mag necked down to a 7mm (like the 7mm Practical) instead. After losing a deer last year, I wanted to make sure it had enough energy to put an animal down quickly. I did a ridiculous, almost embarrassing amount of research before landing on the 7mm Rem Mag cartridge. Hunting (primarily whitetail & mule deer and the occasional wild hog).Precision rifle matches (target shooting out to 1000 yards).I plan to use it as a dual-purpose rifle: I recently had a custom rifle built that was chambered as a 7mm Remington Magnum.
